Bag-frame



W. ROEMER.

(No Model.)

BAG FRAME.

No. 398,540. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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'ILLIAM ROEMER, OF NE\VARK, .\'E\Y JERSEY.

BAG-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,540, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed September 18, 1886. Serial No. 213,850. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it 'nm concern: Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Rommn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New- T ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such I as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and. use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bag-frames, the object being to produce a more shapely and durable article and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations or parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters represent corresponding parts in each of the several figures thereof, Figure 1 is a plan view, parts being broken away, of a bag-frame embodying my improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are a front and side elevat-ion, respectively, of certain details of my invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sec tion taken through line to, Fig. 1. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are plans and elevations of certain details of my improved hinge. Fig. 9 is a plan view of a fiat wire or bar to be used in connection with parts of the frame, and Figs. 10 and 11. are plan views showing certain peculiar constructions of my improved hinge. Figs. 12 and 13 are a side and end elevation, respectively, of certain other modifications; and Fig. 14 is a plan of a blank as it comes 1 from the dies.

In said drawings, it represents the outer, and a the inner, jaws of a bagframc. his a flat bottom wire or bar to which the hinge I is riveted or otherwise secured. c e are the inlays, on the ends of which are formed eyes d. Through said eyes the pivoted rivets e and c of the hinge are passed, as shown in Fig. 1.

The hinge- )lates c and f. as shown in Fi s.

I I b at, 5, 6, and 7, are made in two parts. The part f is placed on the top of the fiat wire or bar I),

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C and the party is placed on the bottom of said fiat wire or bar, and a rivet, 71, is passed through the upper partof the hinge-plate, through the fiat wire or bar, and through the lower part of said hinge-plate, as shown in Fig. 1.

The pivotal rivets e and e a re passed through the corresponding eyes, "in and m, Figs. 6, 8,

10, and 1 l, of the hinge-plates, and also through the eye (I of the inlay an d through rivet-holes in projections on the lower ends of the jaws and riveted on the outside thereof, as shown. in Fig. 1., thus serving the double purpose of hinge-pins and of holding the several parts firmly together, substantially as shown.

In order to protect and conceal the hinge, an L-shaped piece of metal, 1', (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) is riveted to the fiat wire or bar atj, the lower or longer part extending beyond the hinge and being riveted to the said flat wire or bar at 7;, thus serving the double purpose of concealing and protecting the parts of the hinge and the bottom of the bag.

The hinge-plates may be stamped out of sheet metal, and then bent up in the form shown in 5, 6, 7, and 8, one part being riveted to the top and the other to the bottom of the flat wire or bar, as above described; or the said hinge-plates may be stamped out of a single piece of sheet metal, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The one shown in Fig. 10 is designed to be riveted on the bottom of the fiat wire or bar, the eyes having been bent up, as above stated, and then the eyes Z given a quarter-turn to bring the holes in position to receive the pivotal rivets already referred to; or another form of hinge'plat'e, as shown in Fig. 11, may be stamped out of a single piece of sheet metaland bent up and riveted to the top of the fiat wire or bar, as will be under- Still another form of construction of said hinge-plate is shown in Figs. 12 and 13, said plate being stamped out of a single pieceof sheet metal, the blank being provided with suitable lugs at the sides thereof, then the said lugs being bent in such a way as to form the eyes, as shown in said figures, the whole being adapted for the purposes herein. described.

It is manifest that the various parts of my improvement may be cast as well as made from sheet metal.

The various forms of my double hinge herein described have the end eye on the one side slightly in advance of said end eye on the other and the pivotal rivet e correspondingly longer than the pivotal rivet 6', thus allowing the jaw a to lap over the jaw (1 when the bag is closed.

The construction and use of a double hinge as herein described enables me to make a very cheap and durable bag-frame, and also one that will not be strained when the jaws are opened full width or closed, as is the case when the old style of single hinge used.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of the parts of the hinge herein shown, as it is evident that changes may be made in that respect without departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is-- 1. The im proved bag-f ram e, coinbinin jaws or frame-sections a a, a bottom bar or brace, b, and hinge-plates having eyes bent up to receive the pivots e 6, said plates being secured at the opposite ends to the bottom bar, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The improved bag-frame, combining with jaws a a and a bottom bar or brace, l), hingeplates secured at the opposite ends of said bar or brace and having eyes on m bent up, as described, pivots e e for the jaws, arranged in said eyes, and inlays e 0, also arranged on said pivots, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with the bag-frame, jaws a a, one of which overlaps the other, as described, a bottom bar or brace, l), hinge-plates secured at the opposite ends of said bottom bar and having bent-up eyes to receive the pins upon which said jaws are hinged, and said pins made of different sizes, the inner jaw being hinged to the short pins and the outer jaw on the longer pin, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of September, 1886.

\VM. ROEMER.

lVitnesses:

WM. L. CoRWIN, OsoAR A. MICHEL. 

